The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-10
ANHERoIc NUN.

Teresa, a French Sister Of Charity.
 In presence of all the French troops guarding the capital of Tonquin. the Governor-General recently bestowed the cross of the Legion of Honor on a nun, Mother Mary Teresa, superioress of the Sisters of Charity in that em- pire. The troops were drawn up in the principal plaza of the city, in square surrounding a platform on which were the Governor-General and his staff When an aid-de-camp was sent to bring the nun he found her in the hospital consoling soldier who was having his leg amputated. She refused to leave the bedside until the operation was completed, and then followed the officer to the square. where she was received by the General in person and led up to the platform amid the joyful exclamations of the soldiers. The General then com manded silence, and in a solemn and impressive tone addressed her as fol- lows:
 'Mother Mary Teresa, when you were twenty years of age you received a wound from cannon ball while as- sising one of the wounded on the field of Balaklava. In 1859 the shell from a mitrailleuse laid you prostrate in the front rank on tho battlefield of Ma genta- Since then you have been in Syria, in China and in Mexico, and if you were not wounded it is not be- cause you have not exposed yourself to the shot of gun an cannon and the sabers and lances of the enemy. In 1870 you were taken up in Reischoffen covered with many saber wounds among heap of dead cuirassers. Such deeds of heroism you have crowned a few weeks ago with one ot the most heroic actions which history records. A grenade fell upon the am- bulance which was under your charge; it did not burst, but it might have done so at any moment and caused new wounds in the bodies of those who were already wounded; but there you were you took up the grenade in your arms, you smiled upon the wounded, who looked at you with feelings of dis may, not for themselves, but for you, and you carried it away to a distance of eighty-meters. On laying it down, you noticed that 1t was going to burst; you threw yourself on the ground; it burst; you were covered with blood, but when persons came to your assist ance, you rose up smiling, as is your wont, and said, That is nothing You are scarcely recovered from your wound, and you return to the hospital whence I have just now summoned you"
 During these words of praise the good nun held her head modestly cast down, with her eyes fixed on her cruci- fix, that hung by her side. Then the General made her kneel down and drawing his sword, touched her lightly with it three times on the shoulder and pinned the cross of the Legion of Honor on her habit, saying with a quivering voice:
 T put upon you the cross of the brave, in the name of the French peo- pie and army; no one has gained it by more deeds of heroism, nor by a life so completely spent in self-abnega- tion for the benefit of your brothers and the service of your country. Sol diers, present arms"
 The troops saluted, the drums and bugles rang out the air was filled with acclamations, and all was jubila- ton and excitement as mother Mary Teresa rose up, her face suffused with bushes, and asked: General, have you finished with mel"
 "Yes," said he.
 Well, then, l am going back to my wounded soldier in the hospitaln- Brooklyn Citizen.